Atlas of ancient Egypt /
Baines, John, 1946-
Atlas of ancient Egypt / - New York, N.Y. : Facts on File Publications, [�1980] - 240 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232) and index.
The Cultural Setting -- The Geography of Ancient Egypt -- The Study of Ancient Egypt -- The Historical background -- Kings of Egypt -- Gallery of Kings -- Art and Architecture -- Conventions of Representation -- Tomb Stelae -- A Journey down -- Boats on the Nile -- Southern Upper Egypt -- Thebes -- John Gardner Wilkinson at Thebes -- Northern Upper Egypt -- Middle Egypt -- Memphis -- The Pyramids: Types and Construction -- Lower Egypt--The Delta -- Nubia -- Peripheral Regions -- Aspects of Egyptian Society -- Everyday Life -- Scribes and Writing -- The Army -- Women and Men -- Religion -- The Egyptian Pantheon -- Burial Customs -- Egypt in Western Art, by Helen Whitehouse -- Museums with Egyptian Collections -- The geographical setting of Egypt -- The nomes of Upper Egypt -- The nomes of Lower Egypt -- Population density in the Nile valley -- Delta topography -- Natural resources of ancient Egypt -- Travelers to Egypt and Sudan before 1800 -- Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt -- The second cataract area in Predynastic times -- Egypt in the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period -- Egypt in the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period -- The second cataract forts of the Middle Kingdom -- Egypt in the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period -- Egypt and the Near East (c. 1530-1190 BCE) -- Egypt in the late Third Intermediate Period -- Egypt in the Late Period, with the state of Napata--Meroe (c. 715 BCE -- 4th century CE) -- Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East in the Late Period.
Text, illustrations, and maps describe the cultural background of Egypt, geography, history, and Egyptian society.
0871963345 9780871963345 0714819581 9780714819587
80132792
To 638
Atlases.
Antiquities.
Civilization.
Egypt--Antiquities.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-638 A.D.
Egypt.
�Agypten (Altertum)
Atlas.
DT56.9 / .B34
932
Atlas of ancient Egypt / - New York, N.Y. : Facts on File Publications, [�1980] - 240 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232) and index.
The Cultural Setting -- The Geography of Ancient Egypt -- The Study of Ancient Egypt -- The Historical background -- Kings of Egypt -- Gallery of Kings -- Art and Architecture -- Conventions of Representation -- Tomb Stelae -- A Journey down -- Boats on the Nile -- Southern Upper Egypt -- Thebes -- John Gardner Wilkinson at Thebes -- Northern Upper Egypt -- Middle Egypt -- Memphis -- The Pyramids: Types and Construction -- Lower Egypt--The Delta -- Nubia -- Peripheral Regions -- Aspects of Egyptian Society -- Everyday Life -- Scribes and Writing -- The Army -- Women and Men -- Religion -- The Egyptian Pantheon -- Burial Customs -- Egypt in Western Art, by Helen Whitehouse -- Museums with Egyptian Collections -- The geographical setting of Egypt -- The nomes of Upper Egypt -- The nomes of Lower Egypt -- Population density in the Nile valley -- Delta topography -- Natural resources of ancient Egypt -- Travelers to Egypt and Sudan before 1800 -- Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt -- The second cataract area in Predynastic times -- Egypt in the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period -- Egypt in the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period -- The second cataract forts of the Middle Kingdom -- Egypt in the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period -- Egypt and the Near East (c. 1530-1190 BCE) -- Egypt in the late Third Intermediate Period -- Egypt in the Late Period, with the state of Napata--Meroe (c. 715 BCE -- 4th century CE) -- Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East in the Late Period.
Text, illustrations, and maps describe the cultural background of Egypt, geography, history, and Egyptian society.
0871963345 9780871963345 0714819581 9780714819587
80132792
To 638
Atlases.
Antiquities.
Civilization.
Egypt--Antiquities.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-638 A.D.
Egypt.
�Agypten (Altertum)
Atlas.
DT56.9 / .B34
932